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Department of Professional Development

Cohort Programs | Cohort Contacts

COHORT PROGRAMS

The Baltimore County Public Schools partners with institutes of higher education to offer cohort programs to provide current employees access to high quality professional growth opportunities in areas of critical needs.   A cohort is a group of individuals who begin and complete a series of identified courses together.  Cohort members are eligible for reduced tuition rates and direct tuition billing.
The Department of Professional Development, in collaboration with the Division of Curriculum and Instruction and the Division of Business Services, has recently refined the Baltimore County Public Schools (BCPS) Cohort Protocol.  This protocol outlines a consistent and efficient process for the development and implementation of cohort programs.  It also establishes a process for monitoring and projecting funding commitments.  Listed below are the cohort planning documents:

For more information contact:
Department of Professional Development

 

Cohort Contacts

These offerings are for Baltimore County Public School employees ONLY.

CaseNEX
CaseNEX is an online program offered in conjunction with Baltimore County Public Schools, CaseNEX, and North Georgia College and State University. There is a broad selection of three-credit courses available for inservice or graduate credit. This program is available for BCPS employees only.

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College of Notre Dame of Maryland
College of Notre Dame (CND) offers cohort graduate programs to Baltimore County Public Schools’ employees. We currently have cohorts that lead to Reading Specialist certification, Administrator I endorsement, and/or a master’s degree in mathematics for elementary and middle school teachers. There are also programs in special education as well as a Resident Teacher Certificate program in secondary English and world languages.

Contact Information

  • College of Notre Dame of Maryland
    4701 N. Charles Street
    Baltimore, MD 21210
    www.ndm.edu
    410-532-5500

  • Kathy Benzinger, Administrative Assistant in Education Department
    kbenzinger@ndm.edu
    410-532-5349

  • Sr. Sharon Slear, Chair of the Education Department
    sslear@ndm.edu
    410-532-3169

Goucher College
Goucher College offers cohort graduate programs to Baltimore County Public Schools’ employees. We currently have cohorts that meet state certification requirements in teaching elementary and secondary reading as well as reading intervention courses that yield the Reading Teacher endorsement and/or the Reading Specialist endorsement. There are also cohorts in School Improvement Leadership endorsement. Goucher College offers courses in writing and a Resident Teacher Certificate program in special education.

Contact Information

  • Goucher College
    1021 Dulaney Valley Road
    Towson, MD 21204
    www.goucher.edu
    410-337-6000

  • Wendy Tuttle, Associate Director of Graduate Administration
    wtuttle@goucher.edu
    410-337-6453

  • Sandi Wallis, Coordinator of Reading Programs
    swallis@goucher.edu
    410-337-6091

  • Dr. Phyllis Sunshine, Director of Graduate Programs in Education psunshin@goucher.edu
    410-337-6047

  • Gaye Brown, Director of M.Ed. Program
    gbrown@goucher.edu
    410-337-6047

  • Teacher Institute: AP Institute
    410-337-6200

Johns Hopkins University
The Johns Hopkins University offers cohort graduate programs to Baltimore County Public Schools’ employees. We currently have programs that lead to a master’s degree in instructional technology as well as a program in curriculum leadership.

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Loyola College in Maryland
Loyola College offers cohort graduate programs to Baltimore County Public Schools’ employees. Current cohorts include programs in secondary mathematics, elementary science, physics, and earth science for high school teachers as well as a mathematics test preparation course.

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Morgan State University
Morgan State University offers cohort graduate programs to Baltimore County Public Schools’ employees. We currently have cohorts for mathematics, science, and leadership.

Contact Information

  • Marilyn E. Rondeau, Ed.D., Administrator I Coordinator
    docrondeau@aol.com
    443-885-3215

  • Dr. Warren Hayman, Ed.D., BCPS Urban Leadership Program
    bcps@comcast.net
    443-885-3382

Towson University
Towson University offers to BCPS employees cohort graduate programs and courses for the conditionally certified teacher. We currently have cohort programs that meet state certification requirements in teaching reading in the elementary school. Additional cohorts offered are in leadership, mathematics, elementary/middle school science, special education, library media, administration as well as a Resident Teacher Certificate program in mathematics and science.

Contact Information

  • Towson University
    College of Education
    8000 York Road
    Towson, MD 21252-0001
    410-704-2570

  • Beverly German, Towson Learning Network (TLN) Outreach Director
    bgerman@towson.edu
    410-704-5382

  • Dr. Betsy Neville, Acting Chair, Department of Special Education
    eneville@towson.edu
    410-704-4499

  • Barbara Clark, Towson Learning Network (TLN) Outreach Coordinator
    bclark@towson.edu
    410-704-4367

  • Jane Neapolitan, Graduate Program Director for the Organizational Change Program
    jneapolitan@towson.edu
    410-704-4954

  • Wei Sun, Mathematics
    wsun@towson.edu
    410-704-3093

  • John Desmone, Coordinator, Regional Higher Education Centers
    jdesmone@towson.edu
    410-704-2349

University of Maryland Baltimore County (UMBC)
UMBC offers a four-course graduate program in ESOL. The ESOL graduate certificate program is designed for certified teachers who are interested in adding ESOL certification to their current endorsement(s).

Contact Information

  • John Nelson, Co-Coordinator, ISD ESL/Bilingual Program
    jnelson@umbc.edu
    410-455-2379

  • Joan Kang Shin, Language, Literacy & Culture
    jshin2@umbc.edu
    410-455-1417

UMBC offers special programs in a master’s of education in elementary mathematics and a master’s of arts education in elementary science for experienced elementary/middle school teachers. These programs are part of the National Science Foundation (NSF) STEM grant.

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